Mr. Maroof Shah has been awarded with a scholarship under IRSIP (International Research Support Initiative Program) for PhDs, split research program by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan from the Center for Plant Sciences & Biodiversity, University of Swat. This is an enormous opportunity to complete part of the research study in Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London UK. He paid the whole credit of this achievement goes to my Supervisor Prof. Dr. Hassan Sher (SAARC Gold Medalist), Vice Chancellor, University of Swat, whose consistent guidance and supervision led me to the path of accomplishment.